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How Far From Lone Pine to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lone Pine to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lone Pine to:

Edmonton [Map], which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the East Southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Lone Pine to Edmonton, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON [Map]) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km] to the East (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.

The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock [Map]) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the North Northeast (NNE).<4>

The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba [Map]) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the North Northeast (NNE).<5>

The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican [Map]) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the Northeast (NE).<6>

Communities Also Named Lone Pine ...

We have found 23 communities that share the name Lone Pine.

While the name Lone Pine is unique within Alberta, we know of another 23 communities with the same name in the United States and Canada.

Our profile page for Lone Pine, Anderson CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<8>Although located in Anderson County, we don't know the location of this community within the .

Our profile page for Lone Pine, Bedford CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.Although located in Bedford County, we don't know the location of this community within the .

Our profile page for Lone Pine, Portage CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.Although located in Portage County, we don't know the location of this community within the .

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Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance that stretches from Lone Pine. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lone Pine) to Point B.

While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.

The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lone Pine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lone Pine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. The community might still exist or it might have existed for just a short period of time. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, families in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc.

Also keep in mind that the community could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community.